Comments on: The iPhoto Challenge III http://automatorworld.com/archives/the-iphoto-challenge-iii/ Better Living Through Macintosh Scripting Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:57:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Nathl Dimond http://automatorworld.com/archives/the-iphoto-challenge-iii/#comment-9618 Nathl Dimond Sun, 06 Aug 2006 03:56:23 +0000 http://www.automatorworld.com/wordpress/?p=18#comment-9618 <p>I love your website. It has a lot of great pictures and is very informative.</p> I love your website. It has a lot of great pictures and is very informative.

]]> By: Judith Widmer http://automatorworld.com/archives/the-iphoto-challenge-iii/#comment-7630 Judith Widmer Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:12:23 +0000 http://www.automatorworld.com/wordpress/?p=18#comment-7630 <p>I'm impressed with your site, very nice graphics!</p> I’m impressed with your site, very nice graphics!

]]> By: Sandro http://automatorworld.com/archives/the-iphoto-challenge-iii/#comment-111 Sandro Tue, 17 May 2005 00:54:04 +0000 http://www.automatorworld.com/wordpress/?p=18#comment-111 <p>This is great! Thanks for the tip. The only thing missing now is keyword organization, such as a keyword folder for events, places, people etc. Then it would be the best photo-managing software out there. Thanks again for the tip. I'm downloading the update as I type.</p> This is great! Thanks for the tip. The only thing missing now is keyword organization, such as a keyword folder for events, places, people etc. Then it would be the best photo-managing software out there. Thanks again for the tip. I’m downloading the update as I type.

]]> By: admin http://automatorworld.com/archives/the-iphoto-challenge-iii/#comment-110 admin Tue, 17 May 2005 00:18:07 +0000 http://www.automatorworld.com/wordpress/?p=18#comment-110 <p>You can indeed search by multiple keywords. In fact, you can do complex combinations of keyword filtering. This explains it best: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2005041900454453&query=iphoto+keywords</p> You can indeed search by multiple keywords. In fact, you can do complex combinations of keyword filtering. This explains it best: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2005041900454453&query=iphoto+keywords

]]> By: Sandro http://automatorworld.com/archives/the-iphoto-challenge-iii/#comment-109 Sandro Mon, 16 May 2005 23:58:16 +0000 http://www.automatorworld.com/wordpress/?p=18#comment-109 <p>I think the main drawback in iPhoto, which I was used to with Photoshop Album, is not being able to find photos based on multiple keywords. For example, in PS Album I can search for a photo that I took in Florida that has my brother, but not my sister in the picture and was during the Puerto Rican Day Parade. That is a extremely powerful tool to have. If iPhoto does have this feature then I would be extremely glad to hear how to use it. Please email me at: signmeup@digitalpadin.com That's my spam box, but I will get the email either way.</p> I think the main drawback in iPhoto, which I was used to with Photoshop Album, is not being able to find photos based on multiple keywords. For example, in PS Album I can search for a photo that I took in Florida that has my brother, but not my sister in the picture and was during the Puerto Rican Day Parade. That is a extremely powerful tool to have. If iPhoto does have this feature then I would be extremely glad to hear how to use it. Please email me at: signmeup@digitalpadin.com That’s my spam box, but I will get the email either way.

]]> By: Chris Lozac'h http://automatorworld.com/archives/the-iphoto-challenge-iii/#comment-97 Chris Lozac'h Mon, 09 May 2005 07:11:52 +0000 http://www.automatorworld.com/wordpress/?p=18#comment-97 <p>Not only is it annoying that the Photos-->Get Info... pane is fixed-size, but unlike say, Command-J in the Finder, Command-I doesn't toggle the Get Info... pane on and off. Aiming for extra-small red dots to close a window is one of my least favorite mousing maneuvers. And this from the folks who brought us the Human Interface Guidelines?!</p> <p>The good news is that, if you've bothered to install Apple's (free) Developer tools, you can tweak the Get Info... pane yourself by opening its nib file in Interface Builder. This requires a bit of messing about to get the settings right, but it's worth it to get a resizable, Command-W closable window. :)</p> <p>A few notes about this: * The nib file is located in iPhoto's Contents folder: iPhoto/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPanel.nib * Make sure to back up this file before editing it! * You'll need to quit and reopen iPhoto a lot as you tweak the pane to get it just how you like it, especially since there are so many UI elements in this 3-tabbed pane. * Good luck!</p> Not only is it annoying that the Photos–>Get Info… pane is fixed-size, but unlike say, Command-J in the Finder, Command-I doesn’t toggle the Get Info… pane on and off. Aiming for extra-small red dots to close a window is one of my least favorite mousing maneuvers. And this from the folks who brought us the Human Interface Guidelines?!

The good news is that, if you’ve bothered to install Apple’s (free) Developer tools, you can tweak the Get Info… pane yourself by opening its nib file in Interface Builder. This requires a bit of messing about to get the settings right, but it’s worth it to get a resizable, Command-W closable window. :)

A few notes about this: * The nib file is located in iPhoto’s Contents folder: iPhoto/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPanel.nib * Make sure to back up this file before editing it! * You’ll need to quit and reopen iPhoto a lot as you tweak the pane to get it just how you like it, especially since there are so many UI elements in this 3-tabbed pane. * Good luck!

]]> By: Steve http://automatorworld.com/archives/the-iphoto-challenge-iii/#comment-34 Steve Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:24:20 +0000 http://www.automatorworld.com/wordpress/?p=18#comment-34 <p>My comment regarding keywords was snarky, to be sure, but not intended to disparage keyword use in general..I've just not found them particularly useful in my <em>personal</em> image management (business use is a completely different story).</p> <p>iPhoto's keyword UI has been a problem since 1.0, and it's only marginally better now. What really blows my mind is that you cant assign keywords via the contextual menu. That would solve most all keyword problems. They should also be assignable keyboard shortcuts, like iView.</p> My comment regarding keywords was snarky, to be sure, but not intended to disparage keyword use in general..I’ve just not found them particularly useful in my personal image management (business use is a completely different story).

iPhoto’s keyword UI has been a problem since 1.0, and it’s only marginally better now. What really blows my mind is that you cant assign keywords via the contextual menu. That would solve most all keyword problems. They should also be assignable keyboard shortcuts, like iView.

]]> By: Tom Dibble http://automatorworld.com/archives/the-iphoto-challenge-iii/#comment-33 Tom Dibble Wed, 27 Apr 2005 23:07:14 +0000 http://www.automatorworld.com/wordpress/?p=18#comment-33 <p>You say: "If you need to keyword your Telluride photos as “ski trip 2002? so you can find them, then your base album organization is probably pretty weak."</p> <p>Um, well, yeah, if all you do is a strict hierarchy or one-keyword-per-image, that's very true.</p> <p>On the other hand, my keyword system lists all subjects in a photo, any holiday it was associated with, and a few others on occasion (like, "School Portrait", which denotes, ... well, guess.)</p> <p>This allows me to, with a couple clicks, view all the "best" (rating>=4) pictures of William last Christmas. Another click can "broaden" to 3+ ratings, or to all kids that Christmas, or to all William's best pictures sorted by date ...</p> <p>The idea of keywords is more akin to a free-form database than to a hierarchy. While they each have their uses, it's best not to use one when the other is really what's needed.</p> <p>Personally, I never drag images to the keywords pane; I use that strictly to filter the current album. Didn't know you could even do such a thing until I stumbled across it on a web site; I personally don't like that UI if on nothing other than principle, so I pretend it doesn't exist :). I use the "Get Info" floater for keyword selection. My only gripe there is the delay (even on a 2x2GHz G5) between clicking the keyword checkbox and iPhoto finishing its job. Yeah, the floater window always gets in the way no matter where you put it. Since I do my keywording immediately after importing, I hover the pane over the folder tree in the top-left while working.</p> You say: “If you need to keyword your Telluride photos as “ski trip 2002? so you can find them, then your base album organization is probably pretty weak.”

Um, well, yeah, if all you do is a strict hierarchy or one-keyword-per-image, that’s very true.

On the other hand, my keyword system lists all subjects in a photo, any holiday it was associated with, and a few others on occasion (like, “School Portrait”, which denotes, … well, guess.)

This allows me to, with a couple clicks, view all the “best” (rating>=4) pictures of William last Christmas. Another click can “broaden” to 3+ ratings, or to all kids that Christmas, or to all William’s best pictures sorted by date …

The idea of keywords is more akin to a free-form database than to a hierarchy. While they each have their uses, it’s best not to use one when the other is really what’s needed.

Personally, I never drag images to the keywords pane; I use that strictly to filter the current album. Didn’t know you could even do such a thing until I stumbled across it on a web site; I personally don’t like that UI if on nothing other than principle, so I pretend it doesn’t exist :). I use the “Get Info” floater for keyword selection. My only gripe there is the delay (even on a 2×2GHz G5) between clicking the keyword checkbox and iPhoto finishing its job. Yeah, the floater window always gets in the way no matter where you put it. Since I do my keywording immediately after importing, I hover the pane over the folder tree in the top-left while working.

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